Verse 24
1 Maccabees 1:24
Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books
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And when he had taken all, he went away into his own land, and he made a great slaughter, and spake very presumptuously.
Original Language Text
hebrew
בְּנוֹת֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל שָׁא֖וּל בְּכֶ֑ינָה הַ/מַּלְבִּֽשְׁ/כֶ֤ם שָׁנִי֙ עִם עֲדָנִ֔ים הַֽ/מַּעֲלֶה֙ עֲדִ֣י זָהָ֔ב עַ֖ל לְבוּשְׁ/כֶֽן
English Translation
Daughters of Israel wept over Saul, who clothed you in scarlet with coveted ornaments, who put on garments of gold over your clothing.
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Chapter 1 Context
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THE FIRST BOOK OF THE MACCABEES..
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AND it came to pass, after that Alexander the Macedonian, the son of Philip, who came out of the lan...
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And he fought many battles, and won many strongholds, and slew the kings of the earth,
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and went through to the ends of the earth, and took spoils of a multitude of nations. And the earth...
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and he gathered together an exceeding strong host, and ruled over countries and nations and principa...
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And after these things he fell sick, and perceived that he should die.
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And he called his servants, which were honourable, which had been brought up with him from his youth...
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And Alexander reigned twelve years, and he died.
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And his servants bare rule, each one in his place.
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And they did all put diadems upon themselves after that he was dead, and so did their sons after the...
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And there came forth out of them a sinful root, Antiochus Epiphanes, son of Antiochus the king, who...
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In those days came there forth out of Israel transgressors of the law, and persuaded many, saying, l...
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And certain of the people were forward herein and went to the king, and he gave them licence to do...
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And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem according to the laws of the Gentiles;
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and they made themselves uncircumcised, and forsook the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the...
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And the kingdom was well ordered in the sight of Antiochus, and he thought to reign over Egypt, that...
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And he entered into Egypt with a great multitude, with chariots, and with elephants, and with horsem...
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and he made war against Ptolemy king of Egypt; and Ptolemy was put to shame before him, and fled; an...
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And they got possession of the strong cities in the land of Egypt; and he took the spoils of Egypt.
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And Antiochus, after that he had smitten Egypt, returned in the hundred and forty and third year, an...
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and entered presumptuously into the sanctuary, and took the golden altar, and the candlestick of the...
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and the table of the shewbread, and the cups to pour withal, and the bowls, and the golden censers,...
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And he took the silver and the gold and the precious vessels; and he took the hidden treasures which...
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And when he had taken all, he went away into his own land, and he made a great slaughter, and spake...
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And there came great mourning upon Israel, in every place where they were;
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and the rulers and elders groaned, the virgins and young men were made feeble, and the beauty of the...
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Every bridegroom took up lamentation, she that sat in the marriage chamber was in heaviness.
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And the land was moved for the inhabitants thereof, and all the house of Jacob was clothed with sham...
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And after two full years the king sent a chief collector of tribute unto the cities of Judah, and he...
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And he spake words of peace unto them in subtilty, and they gave him credence: and he fell upon the...
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And he took the spoils of the city, and set it on fire, and pulled down the houses thereof and the w...
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And they led captive the women and the children, and the cattle they took in possession.
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And they builded the city of David with a great and strong wall, with strong towers, and it became u...
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And they put there a sinful nation, transgressors of the law, and they strengthened themselves there...
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And they stored up arms and victuals, and gathering together the spoils of Jerusalem, they laid them...
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and it became a place to lie in wait in against the sanctuary, and an evil adversary to Israel conti...
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And they shed innocent blood on every side of the sanctuary, and defiled the sanctuary.
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And the inhabitants of Jerusalem fled because of them; and she became a habitation of strangers, and...
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Her sanctuary was laid waste like a wilderness, her feasts were turned into mourning, her sabbaths i...
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According to her glory, so was her dishonour multiplied, and her high estate was turned into mournin...
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And king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdom, that all should be one people,
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and that each should forsake his own laws. And all the nations agreed according to the word of the k...
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and many of Israel consented to his worship, and sacrificed to the idols, and profaned the sabbath.
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And the king sent letters by the hand of messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, that the...
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and should forbid whole burnt offerings and sacrifice and drink offerings in the sanctuary; and shou...
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and pollute the sanctuary and them that were holy;
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that they should build altars, and temples, and shrines for idols, and should sacrifice swine’s fles...
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and that they should leave their sons uncircumcised, that they should make their souls abominable wi...
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so that they might forget the law, and change all the ordinances.
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And whosoever shall not do according to the word of the king, he shall die.
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According to all these words wrote he to his whole kingdom; and he appointed overseers over all the...
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And from the people were gathered together unto them many, every one that had forsaken the law; and...
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and they made Israel to hide themselves in every place of refuge which they had.
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And on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the hundred and forty and fifth year, they builded an abomin...
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And at the doors of the houses and in the streets they burnt incense.
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And they rent in pieces the books of the law which they found, and set them on fire.
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And wheresoever was found with any a book of the covenant, and if any consented to the law, the king...
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Thus did they in their might unto Israel, to those that were found month by month in the cities.
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And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the idol altar of God (Elohim).
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And the women that had circumcised their children they put to death according to the commandment.
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And they hanged their babes about their necks, and destroyed their houses, and them that had circum...
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And many in Israel were fully resolved and confirmed in themselves not to eat unclean things.
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And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profan...
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And there came exceeding great wrath uponn Israel.
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Verse Information
- Book
- 1 Maccabees
- Chapter
- Chapter 1 (64 verses)
- Version
- Apocrypha / Deuterocanonical Books